| ECO A06 in 1851 play it! staunton howard defeats black's williams elijah in 139 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 Qc7 11. g3 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Nh4 Rad8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf3 Bb4 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd3 Ne7 18. Bg2 Ne4 19. Nf3 f6 20. Nf4 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Nh4 g5 23. Ng6 Rf7 24. Qe2 g4 25. Rc2 Qf5 26. Nf4 Bd6 27. Bc1 g5 28. Nd3 Kg7 29. f3 gxf3 30. Bxf3 Qh7 31. Bh5 Re7 32. Qf3 Rh8 33. g4 Rf8 34. Ne5 Rxe5 35. dxe5 Bxe5 36. Bb2 d4 37. Qd1 Nc3 38. Bxc3 Qe4 39. Bb2 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qxh2+ 41. Ke1 Bg3+ 42. Rcf2 Bxf2+ 43. Rxf2 Qh1+ 44. Kd2 Qd5 45. Qc2 Qe5 46. Kd1 Be4 47. Qc4 Qg3 48. Qxd4 Qg1+ 49. Ke2 Bc6 50. a4 Qb1 51. Kd2 Rd8 52. Qxd8 Qxb2+ 53. Ke1 Qc1+ 54. Qd1 Qe3+ 55. Re2 Qg1+ 56. Kd2 Qd4+ 57. Kc2 Be4+ 58. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 59. Qd3 Qc6+ 60. Kb2 Qg2+ 61. Ka3 Qf2 62. Qg6+ Kh8 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64. Qe7+ Kh6 65. Qf8+ Kh7 66. Bf7 Qc5+ 67. Qxc5 bxc5 68. b4 cxb4+ 69. Kxb4 f5 70. gxf5 |
| ECO A10 in 1851 play it! staunton howard defeats black's horwitz bernhard in 70 moves | 1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. g3 Na6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Nc7 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rac1 c5 13. d4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. f3 Qb7 16. a4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Qd2 Rbd8 19. Ncb5 Nxb5 20. axb5 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 d6 22. Qf4 Ng4 23. e4 e5 24. Qd2 Nh6 25. Qd5+ Qxd5 26. exd5 Rf7 27. Ra1 Rc7 28. Bc1 Nf7 29. Ra2 h6 30. Be3 Rdd7 31. f4 e4 32. h3 h5 33. Rd1 Nh6 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Rc2 Ng8 |
| ECO A34 in 1843 play it! staunton howard defeats black's st amant pierre in 105 moves | 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 f5 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 e6 5. exf5 exf5 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. b3 g6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qe2 Qf7 15. Rae1 Rad8 16. Qxe6 Qxe6 17. Rxe6 Ne5 18. Bc2 Kf7 19. Rxe5 dxe5 20. Bc3 Rfe8 21. f3 h5 22. Re1 Re6 23. b4 b6 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Kf2 Rde8 26. g3 R8e7 27. h3 Re8 28. d3 R8e7 29. a4 Ke8 30. Rb1 f4 31. a5 Kf7 32. Rb5 Rc7 33. Ba4 Ree7 34. gxf4 exf4 35. Bd2 Re6 36. Bxf4 Rce7 37. Rb2 Ra6 38. Bd2 Rd6 39. Bg5 Ree6 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. Bd7 Rxd7 42. Rxd7 Ra6 43. Bd2 Kf8 44. Rd5 Rc6 45. Rxc5 Rd6 46. Bb4 Rd8 47. Rc8+ Ke8 48. Rxd8+ Kxd8 49. Ke3 a6 50. d4 Kd7 51. Ke4 Kc6 52. d5+ Kd7 53. Kd4 |
| ECO A13 in 1851 play it! staunton howard defeats black's horwitz bernhard in 91 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. d3 Na6 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc7 9. O-O d5 10. b3 Qe8 11. Bb2 Qf7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. e4 fxe4 14. dxe4 Rad8 15. e5 Nfe8 16. f4 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Be3 19. Rb1 g6 20. Qb3 Bc8 21. Ne4 Bb6 22. Rbd1 Na6 23. Qc3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nc5 25. Nd6 Qc7 26. Qc2 Ng7 27. g4 Qe7 28. Bd4 Qc7 29. a4 Na6 30. c5 Ba5 31. Qb3 b6 32. Ne4 bxc5 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Qh3 Ne8 35. Ba1 Nxf6 36. exf6 Kg8 37. Be5 Qb7 38. Be4 Qf7 39. Ng1 Bd8 40. g5 Bb7 41. Nf3 Re8 42. Bd6 Bxf6 43. gxf6 Qxf6 44. Ng5 Qg7 45. Be5 Qe7 46. Bxg6 |
| ECO A02 in 1851 play it! staunton howard defeats black's williams elijah in 65 moves | 1. f4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Ne4 9. d3 Bf6 10. Be5 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Qd2 e5 15. Rae1 Nbd7 16. Bd1 Rae8 17. b4 c5 18. b5 h6 19. Nh4 Qe6 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxf5 Nfg4 22. e4 Qg6 23. h3 Nf6 24. Re3 Nh5 25. Qf2 Nf7 26. Qh4 Qf6 27. Bxh5 Qxc3 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Bg6+ Kh8 30. Bxf7 Qd4 31. Nf5 Qb2 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Nxh6 |
| ECO A02 in 1851 play it! staunton howard defeats black's williams elijah in 63 moves | 1. f4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qe2 Bc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Rad1 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. d4 c4 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Naxc4 dxc4 19. a3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qf7 21. axb4 Rxb4 22. Rd6 Bb7 23. e6 Qc7 24. Rd7 Qc8 25. Qd1 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qd4 Rf6 28. Rd6 Qb5 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Rd1 |
| ECO A00 in 1843 play it! staunton howard defeats black's st amant pierre in 35 moves | 1. e3 c5 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9. Bb2 b5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Ned5 13. Qe4 g6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Ng4 Kf8 17. Qxd5 b4 18. f3 |
| ECO B30 in 1853 play it! staunton howard defeats black's nn in 85 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. a3 h6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Nd4 12. Nh2 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. f4 c4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. g4 g6 20. h4 Rh8 21. Kg2 Bg7 22. Ng3 d5 23. e5 Rae8 24. Qf2 Nf8 25. Nxd4 Qd8 26. Rh1 Qd7 27. Qf3 Ne6 28. Nxe6 d4 29. Ng5+ hxg5 30. hxg5+ Kg8 31. Ne4 Qd5 32. Rxh8+ Bxh8 33. Rh1 Bg7 34. Kf2 Qd7 35. Qh3 Bxe4 36. dxe4 d3 37. c3 Rd8 38. Bb1 a5 39. f5 Qa7+ 40. Kf3 gxf5 41. gxf5 Qe7 42. f6 Qxe5 43. Qh7+ |
| ECO B20 in 1842 play it! staunton howard defeats black's cochrane john in 49 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. c4 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O Bf6 7. Nc3 b6 8. d3 Bb7 9. Be3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nge7 11. h3 h6 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Kh2 O-O-O 14. d4 Na5 15. Qc2 f5 16. e5 g5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Ne5 Rh7 20. Rb5 Be4 21. Qb2 g4 22. Bxc5 g3+ 23. Kg1 Qc7 24. Qa3 Nec6 25. Nxc6 |
| ECO B20 in 1852 play it! staunton howard defeats black's nn in 49 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Bg2 Ne7 8. Bf4 Nbc6 9. Bd6 O-O 10. Nc3 b5 11. e5 Bb7 12. Ne4 Re8 13. Nec5 Bc8 14. O-O Nf5 15. c3 Nxd6 16. exd6 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qb6 18. b4 a5 19. Re1 axb4 20. cxb4 Ra7 21. a3 Nb8 22. Qd4 Na6 23. Nxe6 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 |
| ECO B44 in 1843 play it! staunton howard defeats black's st amant pierre in 103 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O Ng6 9. Kh1 f6 10. Ne1 O-O 11. f4 Nce7 12. Rf3 d6 13. Rh3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Qh5 Kf7 16. Nf3 Rh8 17. g4 Ne7 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Kf8 20. fxg6 Bxh3 21. Qxh3 Qc8 22. Qh4 Qe6 23. Ng5 Qe5 24. Bf4 Nf5 25. Bxe5 Nxh4 26. Rf1+ Ke8 27. Bxg7 Kd7 28. Bxh8 Rxh8 29. Rf7+ Kc6 30. Be4+ d5 31. Bxd5+ Kd6 32. g7 Re8 33. Rf1 Bd4 34. g8=Q Rxg8 35. Bxg8 h6 36. Nge4+ Ke5 37. Bh7 b5 38. Ne2 Be3 39. Nf6 Ke6 40. Ng4 Bg5 41. Ng3 Kd5 42. Be4+ Kc5 43. Bd3 Kd5 44. Ne4 Be7 45. Nxh6 b4 46. Nf6+ Kc6 47. Nhg8 Bd6 48. Bxa6 Kb6 49. Bd3 b3 50. axb3 Ka5 51. Nd5 Ba3 52. Ra1 |
| ECO B20 in 1842 play it! staunton howard defeats black's cochrane john in 39 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. c4 e5 3. Ne2 d6 4. Ng3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Be2 Nd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Qh4 9. d3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 f5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bg4 g6 16. Bd2 h5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. Rf3 Rf7 20. Rh3 |
| ECO C44 in 1846 play it! staunton howard defeats black's harrwitz daniel in 49 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 d3 6. b4 Bb6 7. b5 Qe7 8. O-O Nd8 9. e5 Ne6 10. a4 Bc5 11. Nbd2 Nh6 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Qxd3 d6 14. Re1 O-O 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. Ba3 Qf6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Qd4 Red8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nd5 |
| ECO C23 in 1841 play it! staunton howard defeats black's nn in 43 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4 Qe7 5. Nf3 exf4 6. d4 Bb6 7. e5 Nh5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Ne4 O-O 10. Nd6 Ba5+ 11. c3 b5 12. Bb3 Ba6 13. Qe4 b4 14. Nf5 Qd8 15. c4 d5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. d6 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Nxf7 Qb6 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nd7 22. Qh6+ |
| ECO C52 in 1841 play it! staunton howard defeats black's cochrane john mi in 59 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Bb6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. Bb2 Nf6 10. d5 Ne7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nc3 Ng6 15. Ne4 Bg4 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Kg7 18. Ng3 Kh8 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Qe4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Rg8 22. Qh4 Rg6 23. Rd3 Qg8 24. Kh1 Rg5 25. Nh5 Qg6 26. Rh3 Bxf2 27. Qxf2 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 Qxh5 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Rf3 |
| ECO C44 in 1841 play it! staunton howard defeats black's nn in 57 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O c2 7. Qxc2 d6 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. Bg3 Qg5 16. Rae1 Bf5 17. Qb3 c6 18. Bd6 Nxf2 19. Bxf8 Bh3 20. Bxf7+ Kxf8 21. Bd5 cxd5 22. Qxd5 Qf6 23. gxh3 Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 Nf2 25. Ne4 Qg6+ 26. Qg5 Qc6 27. Rxf2+ Bxf2 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qxf2 |
| ECO C54 in 1841 play it! staunton howard defeats black's popert h in 49 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Kh1 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ng7 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 Ne5 17. f6 Ne6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. N4b3 Bb6 20. Qh5 Kh7 21. Rad1 Be3 22. Nf3 Qe8 23. Nxe5 Nf4 24. Rxf4 Bxf4 25. Rxd7 |
| ECO C23 in 1842 play it! staunton howard defeats black's cochrane john in 53 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. Qe3 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Kh1 Kh8 12. Bd3 Qh4 13. Bd2 f5 14. Rf3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd7 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. Rg3 d5 18. Bf3 Bd7 19. Qb3 Qf6 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qc5 Rf7 23. Bc3 Qf5 24. Qe3 Qd5 25. Rg5 Qd7 26. Ng3 Kg8 27. Re1 |
| ECO C44 in 1853 play it! staunton howard defeats black's de rives in 47 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. dxe5 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Bc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. b5 Ne7 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ba3 O-O 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Nc4 Nd5 15. Qd2 Nxc3 16. Nxb6 Nxb5 17. Nxa8 Nxd4 18. Rad1 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Qxa8 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. f4 Qc8 22. Qd7 Qb8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bb2 |
| ECO C52 in 1892 play it! staunton howard defeats black's cochrane john mi in 37 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Bb6 7. Ba3 d6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Nf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. dxe5 Na5 13. exf6 Nxb3 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Be7+ Ke8 16. fxg7 Rg8 17. Bf6+ Qe6 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. axb3 |